- barely perceptible
- sometimes my brain fills in words for
them
- I can also hear my own thoughts
- At least one voice, sometimes two will
repeat phrases ad infinitum
- a lot of of nasty/unnatural thoughts...
some homosexual thoughts, racist/bigotted,
etc.
Just wondering how much control I should
have over all this? The last two are
particularly annoying. Thankfully I
haven't fallen into the "hating myself"
category due to these thoughts, but I
would like to know wether or not its
possible to control them. Because if
someone else has, I figure I should be
able to as well.
Thanks for any comments
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Birch
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Posted: 10-27-07 14:35pm
Do you mean control them like turn them
off? Or control what they say?
I have not heard a person w/ schizophrenia
say they have ever been able to control
voices.
I think meds may be able to help. Have
you got a doctor?
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randomthoughts
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Joined: 27 Oct 2007 Posts: 7
Posted: 10-27-07 14:41pm
yea, just started risperdal a couple days
ago...
yea ideally id like to turn them off, but
the best i can do is "nudge" them to say
something i want, but it usually only
lasts for a little bit, and sometimes it
takes a few repititions of effort to do
it.
I also noticed that when I'm in class,
listening to the professor speak, I'm able
to quiet it down quite a bit, if not
completely. Definately a good thing, being
able to concentrate well enough
edit: I should also add that the comments
in my head tend to be VERY mentally
handicapped at times... sometimes they are
evil, sometimes they are good (but in a
gay happy-go-lucky way)... sometimes just
plain stupid.
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Birch
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Posted: 10-27-07 19:19pm
It can take a couple weeks for the
Risperdol to do what it does...
It sounds like you are doing well-going to
school and all. How are you doing
socially?
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Philo
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Posted: 10-28-07 11:48am
I'm glad you can quiet it down when the
prof speaks... How about when you are
reading? Watching TV? Maybe you should do
more concentration activities?
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randomthoughts
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Joined: 27 Oct 2007 Posts: 7
Posted: 10-28-07 12:04pm
socially not so well, dealing with a lot
of anxiety and mental slowness...
risperdal is supposed to help there
supposevly.
and unfortunately other concentration
activities only seem to make it worse... i
think it has something to do with having
another voice talking pretty much right at
you... so the only things that get me
focused are other people talking.
I am not to blame though for a lot of the
mess thats coming out of my head though
right? I mean some of it is pretty
stupid...
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Philo
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Posted: 10-28-07 13:11pm
randomthoughts
wrote:
I am not to blame though for
a lot of the mess thats coming out of my
head though right? I mean some of it is
pretty
stupid...
You're not to blame for whatever you don't
agree with.
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Dorgus
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Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 19 Location: Dallas Metroplex, USA
Posted: 10-29-07 08:11am
I can relate to the experience of having
voices with annoying content popping up in
my head. I suffered from this for years
and thought it was normal. It was so bad
that sometimes I had a hard time reading.
Medications will help. Keep in mind that
this condition is not your fault.
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Georgia59
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Posted: 10-29-07 10:16am
I don't think that trying to concentrate
on something else would help all that
much.. you know, "Try NOT to think of a
pink elephant...." doesn't usually work.
And no, the voices in your head are not a
reflection of you or your intellect or
anything like that. Don't feel bad about
it. The condition is not your fault and
not something you can control.
